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When we had an interview with JP Cuison he shared how he does his prints through screen printing and painting. We go so hooked up to printmaking that we decided to do another interview with a group of print makers from the Philippines. If you're into printmaking, make sure to check out that interesting post. Since we're featuring a group of printmakers soon, we'd like to let the internet know that printmaking is not yet dead, well not in the near future.
We'd like to point out that printmaking and printing are two different things. Printmaking involves the creation of artwork by printing it on paper or canvas which produces a different "Impression" in each piece. This makes each art piece produced through printmaking a unique piece of art, normally differentiated through a series of numbers. On the other hand, printing in general is the reproduction of text or image for varying purposes. These can be for posterity, academic, or commercial purposes. The Beauty of Printmaking Printmaking has been around as early as the 4th century AD, it's been used to reproduce religious manuscripts and artworks for distribution. Of course, as time went by, the use of printmaking has evolved from its documentary and preservation purposes to creating works of art, and may have influenced the development of other printing processes. Aside from documentation and posterity, the real value of printmaking today is its vintage appeal and the activity involved in the process of creating prints. Also, it's obvious that we humans are experiential and perceptive creatures, who value experience and the feel of the world. An example can be seen through the hobbies that we form – collecting vintage items, appreciating art, eating food, etc. What makes printmaking beautiful is, more than the art and prints, the experience and the engagement of the artist's senses to his work. Since we're up to the challenge of letting the internet know that printmaking is here to stay, we came up with a short list of why we think it's going to be kept alive, here they are: A Form of Non-Conformity
Artists today explore different mediums of art – painting, typography, graphic design, etc. – and printmaking is among them. Because of the different processes in creating a print through printmaking, it's possible for any aspiring artist to find his niche in it. It's also worthy to note that graffiti and street artists use stencil in most of their work. This makes printmaking a primary tool for rebellious and non-conformist artists that wish to express themselves differently.
 An Alternative Medium Printmaking has a wide array of techniques that can be used by an artist – from woodcuts, etching, stencils, and screenprinting. Since the way art is produced has been streamlined and accessible to the public, much of the artists out there seek alternative mediums for their work. It can provide a fresh take on the digital art you're working, if you've got the patience and will to experiment with it. Printmaking is an appealing medium for artists who are looking for inspiration in other forms of art.  A Collaborative Endeavor Printmaking has survived throughout history because of its collaborative nature. This collaborative nature stems from the printmaker's effort to disseminate his work or the information that he has to a larger audience. This then attracts who are interested in either the work or information that he has and becomes a patron. From this relationship, further techniques and improvements are developed, and through this partnership printmaking has survived today.  In Keeping the Tradition Keeping printmaking as a tradition has already begun. Art students today are being taught of the different techniques involved in printmaking and there most art galleries accept exhibits that feature artists who use printmaking. There are groups and educational institutions that preserve print artworks.  We may not notice it today, but printmaking has changed and improved the way we live today. In contemporary times we are still practicing the same ideology that's in printmaking. A great example is through the computer that we are using today – they are an impression of a previous medium, the typewriter, which was also taken from a previous medium. These media have been influenced by the printmaking ideology of creating an impression from one surface to another. You can watch Phil Sanders’ Ten Minute Talk about printmaking in MoMA, where he talks about the beginning of printmaking in New York, to how it will stay after a hundred years from now. If you found an inspiring printmaker or printmaking works that you'd want to get featured, just let us know and hit us up via Facebook or Twitter. Make sure to subscribe to our RSS feed for design news, inspiration, or freebies.  |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2012 12:42 AM PDT
Here’s our second installation of our design news series! There’s something that’s making me hungry (in a very creative, graphic design sense as well as in a literal sense) in this roundup so I’ll get right to it so I can attack the fridge afterwards!
– As always, there may be some embedded content in this post that you may not be able to see if you’re viewing this post from your email subscription or RSS reader. Make sure you see everything by clicking through to the actual post page! Miniature Moments provides a service where you can make 3D printed miniatures from photos. The miniature is the size of a passport photo and acts like a photo negative – the photo is only seen when held in front of the light.   (Source) Thrive Software’s project management tool Solo has one of the most beautiful sales site I’ve seen yet.   (Source) Picfull is an image editing site that provides rather unique, quality, easy-to-use photo filters.   (Source) Trend Hunter has a free, revamped version of the award-winning eBook, Exploiting Chaos, packed with interactive, multimedia features that can provide you with cutting-edge ideas on how to identify opportunities in times of crisis. Don’t let complacency be your empire’s downfall – foster creativity and fuel change by Exploting Chaos!   (Source) Archivo De Pivo is a book full of (non)sense / the author’s personal archive about traveling, mountains, love, memories, girls and adventure. The video below flips through all the pages in the book as a preview.  (Source) I should also mention that from ADP’s Facebook page I also found two very interesting Tumblr blogs, I is for Inspiration and Mind That. I is for Inspiration is a collection of others’ work.   (Source) Mind That is a collection of contemporary and classic modernist/minimalist typography curated by Kristoffer Wilson (@_KWilson).   (Source) Me, Marionette is an exhibition of new work by one of the UK’s most celebrated contemporary print makers, Brighton-based artist Graham Carter, that will be opening at the Ink_d Gallery on Friday, May 4, 2012, as part of the Brighton Festival Fringe. The show will feature his most ambitious 3D works to date, alongside new artworks and limited edition prints, as well as the debut screening of a new animation Carter produced in conjunction with musician Richard Spiller and the Brighton-based animation studio Ticktockrobot. You can view a preview of the animation below.  (Source) 100designers brings together interviews with graphic designers that are scattered around the internet, built to encourage those who struggle daily to create great work by sharing these conversations about the ideas and approaches of great designers.  (Source) (Speaking of interviews with graphic designers, we should really make a separate category for that sometime on the blog once we get a steady stream rolling – aside from that I’ve sent out a call for people to write interviews about designers local in their area or they have access to by some other means, we’ve also done some interviews here with people like JP Cuison, Giulo Constanzo, Andrio Abero, Kyle T. Webster, Kevin Russ, Russell Tate, Jeff Seaberg, and David Murdico, as well as compiled a list of 25 Must Read Interviews from 2008. Plus, the design network we’re under, UCreative (have I told you guys I’m a moderator here?), has also interviewed Andy Sowards, Ronald Bien, Steven Snell, and Brian Hoff. Alright, that’s enough, let’s continue, sorry! This is why the team doesn’t like talking to me sometimes…) If you fancy tattoos and want to get as random and as unique as you can get, the Instattoo app may be just your thing. It lets you automatically generate a one-of-a-kind tattoo with a few taps and swipes, and you can even share it on your social network of choice before having it transferred to your body with the help of a skilled professional. Check the video below.  (Source) More interviews, this time in video! In this first one, Erik Spiekermann, godfather of modern type, talks with Elliot Jay Stocks about how typography is used in the digital domain and what digital designers can learn from traditional print techniques. Here, Tony Howard, the Managing Director of the London based Transport Design Consultancy, discusses his approach to way-finding signage. (If you’re getting a feeling of déjà vu, the Matrix is not glitching on you – we also previously touched on the topic of way-finding signage in our post about Helvetica and the Vignelli Canon.) We know you’ve been loving our recent calendar freebies, but if you’re looking for a creative printed version, you can consider this 2012 Calendar of Silly Holidays.  (Source) If you’re single, here’s a great set of pickup lines to just hand to your desired target in case you get cold feet!  (Source) Lastly for this issue… have you ever wondered if it is possible to describe a font’s taste? The people behind Taste the Font have thought of exactly that, and so this project was born – and keeps on going at least once a week. They describe the “feeling” of the font by making a “dish” with a specific “taste”, and add a dash of the font’s true history as well. Not only mentally delicious but also healthy for the brain!  Trebuchet is cheese missiles…   And Wingdings is… yep, getting hungry now. (Source) And that’s all for now, everyone, we hope you enjoyed this post! Let us know how you liked (or hated? :( ) this second Be Informed! issue, share it generously with friends, and remember to say hi on our social media accounts. Happy weekend!  |
